no 



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Tertale, June 7-12, over 100 birds; and at El Ade, June 13, 10 Avere 

 observed. 



The Juvenal bird taken on May 20 at Bodessa could not have been 

 out of the nest for more than 10 days, which would suggest that the 

 eggs were laid about April 10. The tail feathers of this bird are 

 about an inch long and are therefore only a third grown. They have 

 no white tips. 



The Juvenal plumage resembles that of the adult but the top of 

 the head is brown, not blackish, and the lower breast is paler brown. 

 Unfortunately, the specimen has the chin and upper throat still bare, 

 but probably, when feathered, this region is brown, not blackish as in 

 adults. 



Most of the specimens are in worn plumage, but two are molting 

 the rect rices. Here again, as in dodsoni^ the caudal molt appears to 

 be somewhat irregular, although on the whole, centrifugal. 



PYCNONOTUS DODSONI PEASEI Mearns 

 FiGUEE 10 



Pycnonotus layardi pcasei Mearns, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 56, no. 20, p. 8, 



1911 : Kitunga, Kenya Colony. 

 Specimens collected: 



1 male, Meru forest. Equator, Kenya Colony, August 30, 1912. 



2 males, 1 female, Tharaka district, Kenya Colony, August 12-13, 1912. 

 2 males, 4 females. Tana River, Kenya Colony, August 17-24, 1912. 



1 male, Bowlder Hill, Thika River, Kenya Colony, August 28, 1912. 



The characters and range of this race have already been discussed. 

 The measurements of the present series, combined with those of the 

 type and paratypical series, are given in table 20. 



While at Meru on August 10, Mearns saw about 100 of these birds ; 

 the following day, when 20 miles east of Meru on the trail to the 

 Tana River, he noted 200; in the Tharaka district, August 12-14, 

 1,500 ; and on the Tana River, August 15-23, over 500. 



Table 20. — Measurements of 25 specimens of Pycnonotus dodsoni peasei from 



Kenya Colony 



